Rains fall, roads flood

Water rushes down the Big Ditch at Wayne Avenue following a downpour in Goldsboro on Tuesday. With almost daily showers and thunderstorms the past several weeks, the Wayne County area is soaked, with water standing in ditches and low-lying areas

A pickup truck negotiates a flooded Jackson Street near the Wayne County Public Library.

With Wayne County still under a flash flood watch through this evening, area officials are preparing for the Neuse River to reach flood stage Thursday. Thirty-one counties, including Wayne, remain under a flash flood watch. In Goldsboro, sections of...